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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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work whether expressly attached to the specifica-tions or not. We also include in our specificationsthose items from the General Conditions whichwe believe should be stressed. I am of the opin-ion that that is unnecessary. It only fills up a lotof paper and has a tendency to confuse the con-tractor. An architect might better spend his timeexplaining what he wants in the building. Occasionally plans call for one thing, specifica-tions for another and possibly a detail differs fromeither plans or specifications. We all sometimesfind such errors in our work and I have generallyruled that specifications take preference over plansand details take preference over both. Contractors are quite apt to omit bidding onalternates. In my opinion, a contractor who failsto bid on alternates should not protest if his bidis rejected. In almost every instance an ownerhas suggested the alternate so that if the costneeds cutting or the job is running less than an- Thc Architect and Engineer. June, 1933 61
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fA new decorative building jlmaterial of exceptional beauty Jj MAMBILE-GILASS If now being specified and used by leading architectsfor Store Fronts. Restaurants, Markets, Beauty Parlorsand Sweet Shops. Also Advertising and Display Signs with concealedNeon tubes. Mac GRVER & COMPANY 1438 East 18th StreetLos Angeles SAVED 57 Grinnell AutomaticSprinklers preventedtotal destruction of theAcme Planing Mill inSan Francisco, May 31.Ask the proprietor, Mr.Monson, what he thinksof Grinnell Sprinklers. Grinnell Company of the Pacific KiiKini-trs and rnntiadorsFIFTH AND BRANNAN STREETS SAN FRANCISCO ticipatcd, he can be governed accordingly. Some-times an unnecessary number of alternates areincluded. I would say an average of 5 to 10 alter-nates are ample and will give the owner all thefle.\ibility required. One point on which I wish to congratulate con-tractors in general, is their fine cooperation inclosely following the specifications. We do notfind in South Dakota the contractors trying

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